Caledonian & Variscan Folds / Faults

Druidston Bay has the only well exposed Ordovician Rocks that show the effects of the Caledonian (400MYA) & Variscan (290MYA) , Mountain Building Periods (Orogeny).

The Black Shales , in the Ordovician Cliffs at the back of Druidston Beach have been contorted by complex folds and faults.
The cliffs exhibit the superimposition of Variscan Structures onto earlier Caledonian Structures.

Further to the north passed the pebble bank , is another Ordovician Black Cliff with folds and faults from the Caledonian Orogeny.
Both Cliffs are part of the same Structure , called a "Horst" , which was uplifted during the Caledonian Orogeny and intrudes into the "Coal Measure" rocks that form this part of the coast.
The North and South Cliffs are the limbs of an Anticline , where the central section has been eroded away to form the beach .

Caledonian & Variscan Folds / Faults

Druidston Bay has the only well exposed Ordovician Rocks that show the effects of the Caledonian (400MYA) & Variscan (290MYA) , Mountain Building Periods (Orogeny).

The Black Shales , in the Ordovician Cliffs at the back of Druidston Beach have been contorted by complex folds and faults.
The cliffs exhibit the superimposition of Variscan Structures onto earlier Caledonian Structures.

Further to the north passed the pebble bank , is another Ordovician Black Cliff with folds and faults from the Caledonian Orogeny.
Both Cliffs are part of the same Structure , called a "Horst" , which was uplifted during the Caledonian Orogeny and intrudes into the "Coal Measure" rocks that form this part of the coast.
The North and South Cliffs are the limbs of an Anticline , where the central section has been eroded away to form the beach .

Caledonian & Variscan Folds / Faults

Druidston Bay has the only well exposed Ordovician Rocks that show the effects of the Caledonian (400MYA) & Variscan (290MYA) , Mountain Building Periods (Orogeny).

The Black Shales , in the Ordovician Cliffs at the back of Druidston Beach have been contorted by complex folds and faults.
The cliffs exhibit the superimposition of Variscan Structures onto earlier Caledonian Structures.

Further to the north passed the pebble bank , is another Ordovician Black Cliff with folds and faults from the Caledonian Orogeny.
Both Cliffs are part of the same Structure , called a "Horst" , which was uplifted during the Caledonian Orogeny and intrudes into the "Coal Measure" rocks that form this part of the coast.
The North and South Cliffs are the limbs of an Anticline , where the central section has been eroded away to form the beach .